Stater of Carthage
Stater of Carthage
Place of OriginCarthage (Tunisia)
Dateabout 289 BCE
DimensionsDiam. 3/4 in. (1.9 cm)
MediumElectrum.
ClassificationMetalwork
Credit LineGift of Mrs. George E. Pomeroy
Object number
1924.140
Not on View
DescriptionObverse: Head of the goddess Tanit, adorned with necklace and earrings, facing left.
Reverse: Standing horse.
Label TextCoins of the independent north African city state of Carthage featured the head of the Punic goddess Tanit pene Baal, wearing a wreath with ears of grain and an elaborate pendant.Published ReferencesVisona, Paolo, The Mint and the Message: 1000 Years of Currency from Darius to Justinian, Ann Arbor, The Kelsey Museum, 1981, no. 28, p. 3.
Exhibition HistoryAnn Arbor, University of Michigan Kelsey Museum of Archaeology, The Mint and the Message: 1000 Years of Currency from Darius to Justinian, 1981, no. 28.
Comparative ReferencesSee also Jenkins, S.K. and R.B. Lewis, Carthaginian Gold and Electrum Coins, Royal Numismatic Society Special Publication no. 2, London, 1963, pl. 10, no. 250, group V, p. 96, 32. Found in S. Italian hoards of time of Agathoples.
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